Monday March 27 - Becoming a Not-For-Profit and Charitable Organization with Craig Logue

Learn how to “legitimize” your organization by becoming an incorporated not-for-profit or registered charity. We’ll address the pros and cons of incorporating and whether or not it makes sense to be a not-for-profit or a charity. Then we’ll go through the process of incorporating and what you need to become an incorporated not-for-profit, followed by the process of charitable registration and maintenance.

Topics will include:

• Before you incorporate

• Putting together a Board of Directors

• Pros and cons of charitable status

• What charitable status means

• How to maintain your charitable status

Craig Logue is a freelance consultant working with the not-for-profit and charitable sectors in the areas of governance, marketing and fundraising, as well as an event producer. He has worked in and with the not-for-profit sector for the past 20 years, and has been involved in the startup of numerous not-for-profit organizations. Craig has also received formal training from the Canada Revenue Agency’s Charities Directorate in gaining and maintaining charitable status, and has been successful in gaining charitable status for multiple organizations in the Toronto and Hamilton areas. He has also sat on and worked with many Boards of Directors.

About LivingArts Workshops

LivingArts Workshops provide a new series of learning opportunities targeted to individual artists and administrators of emerging and small-scale arts organizations in the Hamilton region. These six workshops address knowledge gaps identified through LivingArts Hamilton consultations as those that most commonly impede artists' career growth - from financial management and business planning, to self-promotion and social media. Collectively, these low-cost sessions aim to equip arts workers with the knowledge to manage the many competing priorities of sustaining and promoting their work, develop stronger support networks, and improve the capacity of Hamilton’s grassroots arts community to sustain its creative momentum.

To learn more about LivingArts Hamilton and its related projects, please visit www.hamiltonartscouncil.ca/livingarts

Workshop Registration Fees

Registration fees for LivingArts Workshops are $10.00 per session for Hamilton Arts Council members, and $20.00 per session for non-members. Individual membership with the Hamilton Arts Council costs $25.00 annually for individuals, or $15.00 for students and seniors; please visit www.hamiltonartscouncil.ca/members/join to become a member and take advantage of our discounted workshop rates.

Interested in attending all six LivingArts Workshops? We'll happily waive the cost of your sixth workshop to help you gain the full learning experience - simply register for your first five workshops by Friday September 23 and contact stephanie@hamiltonartscouncil.ca to receive a discount code for free registration to your sixth workshop.